Common and minor ailment services

More than 2,000 pharmacies to offer NHS 111 minor ailments service across England

Around 2,000 pharmacies have registered to offer a minor ailments service with referrals from NHS 111 as part of an extended pilot project from November 2018, NHS England has said.…

Rose Marie Parr: ‘We want to make pharmacies the first port of call’

The Scottish chief pharmaceutical officer, Rose Marie Parr, on Brexit, minor ailments schemes and 24-hour pharmacies.…

Scottish government announces national minor ailments service for all

The Scottish government is to create a community pharmacy minor ailments scheme that is available to everyone across Scotland.…

Pharmacists force NHS rethink over cancellation of London-wide minor ailments scheme

Plans to end a minor ailments service that runs across 14 London boroughs will not be implemented until the end of March 2019 because of fears over how it could affect vulnerable patients.…

CCG commissions new minor ailments scheme

Dudley clinical commissioning group has commissioned a minor ailments scheme to improve patient care and make cost savings for the NHS, bucking the trend of the schemes being wound down elsewhere.…

Referrals to pharmacy from NHS 111 more than doubled since 2015

NHS 111 referrals to pharmacy have more than doubled since 2015, according to data from NHS England.…

Two-thirds of people will visit pharmacist for advice rather than GP

Almost two-thirds of people say they choose to visit a pharmacist rather than a GP for advice on minor self-treatable ailments at least some of the time, research commissioned by pharmacutical firm Sanofi shows.…

Pharmacy minor ailment scheme discontinued after NHS England OTC guidance

Four Derbyshire clinical commissioning groups will no longer commission Pharmacy First, a minor ailments service, in response to NHS England guidance to restrict prescribing of over-the-counter medicines for minor, self-limiting or short-term conditions.…

No plans to commission national minor ailment scheme in England, says pharmacy minister

There are no plans to commission a national minor ailment scheme in England, pharmacy minister, Steve Brine, has said in a letter to the shadow health minister.…

Introducing the Stay Well Pharmacy campaign

Bruce Warner, deputy chief pharmaceutical officer for England, presents the Stay Well Pharmacy campaign, a new national initiative launched by NHS England.…